The Obesity Epidemic and the Potential of Augmented Reality

Michael K. Poku; Nima A. Behkami; David W. Bates

doi:10.4338/ACI-2017-01-LE-0021

Applied Clinical Informatics, Table of Contents

Appl Clin Inform 2017; 08(02): 612-616
DOI: 10.4338/ACI-2017-01-LE-0021

Letter to the Editor

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The Obesity Epidemic and the Potential of Augmented Reality

Michael K. Poku

¹Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland

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Nima A. Behkami

²Strategy & Commercial Model Innovation, Merck & Co., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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David W. Bates

³Division of General Internal Medicine and Primary Care, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women‘s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts

⁴Department of Health Policy and Management, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts

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Abstract

Citation: Poku MK, Behkami NA, Bates DW. The obesity epidemic and the potential of augmented reality. Appl Clin Inform 2017; 8: 612–616 https://doi.org/10.4338/ACI-2017-01-LE-0021

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